Silence descended on the ruins of Muonio after Katya announced her peaceful intention.
Erik kept his eyes narrowed in suspicion as he looked at the powerful woman in front of him. He knew she had no reason to lie about this, and was thus inclined to believe her. Still, he didn't lower his guard and stayed in a fight-ready stance, much the same as Emily and Astrid.
As if they had agreed upon it beforehand, Alice and Emma were protected in the middle of a triangle formed by the three second-rankers in their group.
In the meantime, Erik was conversing with Elora in his soul. "Any idea how she found us? And why your omnisense didn't pick her up?"
"No idea on the first part," Elora responded in a thoughtful tone as she chewed her metaphysical hair. "I've hidden all our tracks as I always do, and I checked Alice's body for any tracking methods."
